Nottingham Forest travel to Ipswich Town on Saturday afternoon, with Freedman looking forward to seeing how his side can compete against genuine promotion contenders.

After that, Forest host Cardiff City for the season finale to cap off another eventful campaign at the City Ground. It was far from the perfect season but there have been positives. And the club's youngsters have certainly been one of Nottingham Forest's biggest pluses.

Tim Poole

Tim Poole is a sports journalist for HITC with a love of football, tennis and snooker in particular.His career to date has seen him speak to former Manchester United boss David Moyes, interview snooker world champion Mark Selby and be snubbed by Premier League managers and players in more than one language!He is a massive Roger Federer fan and lives by the motto that 'sport is life.' When he's not writing about it, he's playing it, be it football, tennis, basketball, badminton, table tennis, darts, snooker, golf or even water polo. He is better at some than others...